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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 9th, 1980

Race #4 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 108.735 mph
  • Cautions: 12
  • Caution Laps: 93
  • Lead Changes: 18
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 21 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 185 175 10 492 256 Running
2 9 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 175 170 5 492 39 Running
3 7 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 170 165 5 491 6 Running
4 1 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 165 160 5 491 77 Running
5 12 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 155 155 0 491 0 Running
6 6 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 150 150 0 490 0 Running
7 4 15 Bobby Allison Ford 146 146 0 489 0 Running
8 23 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 142 142 0 488 0 Running
9 8 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 138 138 0 486 0 Running
10 16 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 134 134 0 483 0 Running
11 28 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 130 130 0 476 0 Running
12 11 40 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 127 127 0 472 0 Running
13 18 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 124 124 0 469 0 Running
14 19 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 121 121 0 462 0 Running
15 3 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 123 118 5 458 111 Crash
16 15 7 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 115 115 0 455 0 Rear end
17 37 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 112 112 0 453 0 Running
18 33 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 109 109 0 440 0 Running
19 38 79 Dick May Dodge 106 106 0 431 0 Running
20 30 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 103 103 0 422 0 Running
21 5 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 100 100 0 411 0 Crash
22 13 12 Buck Simmons Chevrolet 97 97 0 411 0 Overheating
23 22 75 Bill Elswick Chevrolet 94 94 0 403 0 Running
24 24 33 John Anderson Chevrolet 91 91 0 353 0 Crash
25 27 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 88 88 0 346 0 Engine
26 31 64 Tommy Gale Ford 85 85 0 332 0 Engine
27 25 45 Baxter Price Oldsmobile 82 82 0 326 0 Engine
28 2 72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile 84 79 5 259 3 Engine
29 20 90 Jody Ridley Ford 76 76 0 256 0 Crash
30 14 53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 73 73 0 205 0 Engine
31 32 42 Kyle Petty Chevrolet 70 70 0 125 0 Engine
32 10 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 67 67 0 112 0 Engine
33 29 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 64 64 0 73 0 Crash
34 17 18 Randy Ogden Chevrolet 61 61 0 49 0 Crash
35 34 92 Bill Osborne Chevrolet 58 58 0 22 0 Crash
36 36 76 Mike Potter Chevrolet 55 55 0 21 0 Engine
37 26 30 Tighe Scott Buick 52 52 0 10 0 Engine
38 35 29 Junior Miller Chevrolet 49 49 0 10 0 Engine